NORMAN E. GANNON of Lackawanna and Ellicottville, NY died March 26, 2016 at the age of 91. He served his apprenticeship at the Thomas V. Ray Funeral Home in Buffalo, NY before opening the Norman E. Gannon & Sons, Inc. Funeral Home in 1947. He retired in 2000 as a licensed funeral director and turned operation of the funeral home over to his twin sons and second generation funeral directors, Brenden and Brian. He graduated from the Simmons School of Mortuary Science.